Posted on 10/05/2005 7:38:43 PM PDT by RatherBiased.com
After initially putting the first chapter of fired CBS producer Mary Mapes's book, Truth and Duty, on its web site, Amazon.com has apparently pulled the plug on the enterprise. Visitors to the online book retailer can no longer read the excerpt as it no longer shows up in listings for the print or audio versions of the book.
Was the excerpt yanked because of the several objectively incorrect assertions it contained, and the subsequent blog firestorm their exposition caused? Only Amazon or Mapes's publisher, St. Martin’s Press knows for sure.
Well if she has too, Mapes can always....well you know....fake it.
Yeah right in the first chapter she brags about how great and thorough her fact checking is, then she says buckhead posted his debunking of her story before it even aired on TV. He posted hours afterwards. Gross error right in the beginning of the book that a quick check would have revealed.
I think you can claim at least an assist on this one.
There was no analysis of what the documents actually said, no work done to look at the content, no comparison with the official record, no phone calls made to check the facts of the story, nothing beyond a cursory and politically motivated examination of the typeface.
So... according to the now fired Mapes, all stories should have their content thoroughly discussed, whether they are made up or not. In the old days that was called mud-slinging. Sounds like something right tout of the DNC play book... Investigate because of the seriousness of the charge, who cares if there is no evidence.
Bill Clinton was charged by a woman with rape. I don't recall the MSM or democrats screaming for an investigation.
The title of her book is "Truth and Duty". I think that right there is the problem with the left-wing MSM. It's largely composed of zealots who think they're on some kind of mission from God to bring The Truth to the ignorant masses.
Newsflash, Mary: All I want from you is the news. Not the truth, the news. I'll decide what the truth is.
That was intentional. It's called "spin", and it's meant to mislead those readers who don't have the common sense to research the facts. (ie most MSM viewers.) Just as she and Dan did with the forged documents, she is directing her false information at her regular demographic: sheeple.
For some insane and unknown reason, that made me think of Meg Ryan's deli scene in When Harry Met Sally.
How does she suggest that buckhead got the news before it aired.
She has such a East Coast mind set that she didn't consider the West Coast clock FR operates under...
Man, this woman's full of crap! Just from memory, I know the above is 100% wrong, because I was on that thread that night. Buckhead's posting was shortly after it first aired.
Nice fact-checking, Mopes/Dopes - you moron!! Just as diligent as you were with the original fake documents. You, Rathernot - the whole gang of leftist liars, you can all just kiss my ass.
C?BS!
My favorite excerpt was how she heard it was being discussed on obscure websites she had never heard of before, such as Free Republic and Powerline, so she ran right over to Daily Kos and checked it out....
ping
I think she only said the part about the right leaning web sites, not about running to daily kos, that was just a witty comic parody
Perhaps she had a physical reaction, and was gasping and gulping for air, sweating and shaking, and checking out websites full of hyperconservative vitriol. Perhaps she recoiled in horror and shock at all the refutation and cruel mockery of her first chapter, as if a right wing political jihad had been born, with her as the target!!!
Or maybe her publisher did.
LOL....this toon is too good!!!!
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